Monday, May 25, 2009

Oksana the Great

After my complaints yesterday, I decided to spend today on a doll. It's quite indulgent; normally I try to make things for the markets on my days when the boys are in daycare, but today was different: I needed to make something for myself. A doll without limbs, I decided. The sewing and stuffing of tiny little arms and legs just wasn't for me today. Last night I wrote down 'matryoshka' on my to-do list, and that's all that happened in my workroom this morning. Three quick prototypes later, I was ready for the real thing: Oksana dressed in her very colourful dress with embroidered apron, hand-painted face and weighted base.

I'm very happy with her, and would like to make a couple more to perfect the pattern, and then, who knows, I might just decide to sell my first pattern! It's something I've been thinking about a lot; so many people find my blog by looking for doll patterns or instructions, and this would be a great beginner's project. Watch this space...